Rove isn’t the only variety show pulling up stumps, with Sydney’s Exquisite Corpse going on indefinite hiatus at the end of this month. After more than a year of music and visual arts performances, Exquisite Corpse will bid adieu to Sydney with one final shindig at The Oxford Art Factory on November 26. In addition to performances by Fashion Launches Rocket Launches, Melbourne’s ITA and Domeyko Gonzalez, there will be burlesque, short films, live visuals and a DJ set from local misfits Warhorse. Entry is free … A new 150-capacity room has opened up at Melbourne’s East Brunswick Club. Dubbed “The Emergency Room”, the space has a 16-channel mixing desk and a self-contained PA, and will be open to gigs of all types – from punk to indie, noise to country. It will be christened with a performance by Useless Children, The Diamond Sea, Gold Tango and Cocks Arquette on November 22. Cost: $10. For bookings email Kody at ebcmanager@gmail.com ... New Sensory projects signing Love Connection will perform at “BANDed Together”, a benefit concert in Melbourne next month. Held at The Esplanade Hotel’s Gershwin Room on December 6, the gig is an initiative of Openaid, an organisation that helps improves the lives of families challenged by poverty and exploitation in Southeast Asia. Other bands performing include Labjacd, Money for Rope, Jess Harlen, Adventure Spirit and Secondhand Heart, with more to be announced soon. Tickets: $20 plus booking fees via Oztix.

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